Tuesday, March 1, 2016

FASHION ONE’s TRENDS and STYLE COMING TO DStv

FASHION
ONE’s TRENDS and STYLE

COMING TO
DStv

Fashion
One launches 1 March across 48 countries in Africa, replacing Fashion TV

February 2016

On 1 March
2016, a wealth of ideas, trends and creativity will be coming to subscribers
with the launch of Fashion One on DStv
channel 178. Fashion One is
well known across the African continent and will now reach an estimated 10
million households and will be available on DStv to Premium, Compact +, Compact,Family
and Bomba customers.

Fashion Onecaters to a fashionable and stylish audience with
content covering the very latest in entertainment, international fashion, lifestyle news and events. Showcasing a strong portfolio of original programs from
reality shows to documentaries, food to travelogues and beauty tips, the
channel also covers African markets and captures the essence of local trends
and styles.

The channel will debut in March with Style Wars and new seasons of Eco Fashion and Fashion
on a Plate. Style Wars is a six-episode long reality series where stylists
compete to create original and inventive outfits for commercials and photo
shoots. Designed to challenge each person’s versatility, the competition
provides and exciting look into this colourful and performance-oriented world.
Ngugi Vere, a Zimbabwean-born stylist and creative consultant, currently living
in South Africa, will go up against other determined stylists from London, Los
Angeles, Australia and New York. The show starts on 3 March and airs every
weekend at 12pm (EAT).

When
fashion and gastronomy meet, you’ll find Fashion on a Plate Season 2 which
sees top chefs and restaurants from around the world using their ingenuity to
interpret what ‘fashion on a plate’ means to them. From inception to
presentation, we get to see how a simple ingredient is turned into a work of
art in this this six-episode docu-series, starting on 21 March at 10pm (EAT),
and airs every Monday.

Eco
Fashion Season 3 carries on
the fight against a world of waste as eco-friendly fashionistas use recycling, repurposing
and other innovative techniques to create environmentally sustainable couture.
This groundbreaking docu-series will take you on a mind-opening journey into
the realm of environmentally sustainable fashion. It starts on 22 March and
airs every Tuesday at 11:30pm (EAT).

“We
are thrilled about the collaboration with MultiChoice which bring us to the
position of number one fashion channel in Africa,” said Fashion One LLC.’s Head of Marketing, Mr. Gorden Li, “the channel will
introduce African audiences to fashion like they’ve never seen it before, as
well as great stories about local fashion and lifestyles. We look forward to collaborating with the local fashion
and entertainment industry to bring these stories to your screens.”

MultiChoice Tanzania acting General Manager, Mr.Francis Senguji, added:
“Fashion One will give our DStv
customers front row seats to the biggest international fashion shows and
runways that they’ve become used to seeing. They’ll also be introduced to a
rich blend of local fashion, entertainment and lifestyle shows. Its fashion
like you’ve never seen it before.”